Integrated Instruction Plan

Integrated Instruction Plan
Content Area: English
MRS.RUTH GONZALEZ

Date: Thursday, March 24, 2010

Grade: Fourth Grade

Length of Plan: One day

Lesson Theme: What a Team!

Book: Hidden Surprises

Title of the story: Turtle Bay

Author: Saviour Pirotta

Concept: Introducing Vocabulary

Thinking Skill: Knowledge

Strategy: Exploration and Conceptualization

Integration: Science

Content Standards and Grade Level Expectations: Listening/Speaking

The student uses the English language to interpret oral input, construct meaning, interact with confidence both verbally and nonverbally, and express ideas effectively in a variety of personal, social, and academic contexts.

L/S.4.3 Listens and responds to complex instructions, complete statements, and answers and formulates the 5 W-Questions as well as how questions (who, what, when, where, why, and how) in formal and informal discussions.

L/S.4.5 Identifies, states, and paraphrases the main idea or topic and important details from learned concepts or read aloud of a variety of simple informational texts; uses transitions to tell, retell, and explain a story
using acquired vocabulary and appropriate language structure.



Objectives: Once the skill has been initiated and a series of activities have been performed, the student will demonstrate 70% mastery of the following skills:

1. Identify new vocabulary words with the aid of pictures and context.
2. Recognize the importance of acquiring new vocabulary words.
3. Write sentences using the new vocabulary words learned.

Materials:
1.Book: Hidden Surprise
2. flash cards
3. dictionary
4. transparencies
5. pictures
6. handouts
7. sand box
8. sentence stripes

Activities:
Initial:
1. Greetings and Date.
2. Reflection: Poem Dream Boat
3. Present skill: Vocabulary of Turtle Bay
4. The student will pick a word from a toy sand box and relate the word with a given picture. This activity will activate their previous knowledge.

Development:
1. The class will be divided in two groups. Each group will have a dictionary. The students will use the dictionary to look for the definition of the vocabulary words after presenting them in context.
2. The vocabulary words will be presented to the class in context using sentences from the story. (with the use of transparencies)
3. Once the words are presented the students will look for the definition in the dictionary and write them on the chalkboard.
4. After finishing defining the vocabulary words they will practice orally a fill in the blanks.
5. Students will apply the new vocabulary words learned by completing two exercises:
· Write new sentences using the new vocabulary words
· Identify a given vocabulary word in a picture.
6. Discuss the exercise.

Closing:
1. Have students write a reflexive journal on their experience of the reading selection read in class.
2. Draw a picture of the endanger animal from the reading selection; Turtle Bay and have student share their ideas.
3. Hand out homework.

Metacognition: What did we learn today?


Homework: Complete the crossword puzzle and find information about an
endanger sea animal in Puerto Rico.

Vocabulary Words:
1. message
2. wise
3. shore
4. eager
5. trained
6. bay
7. patiently
8. hatch
9. rough
10. litter